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Comments to 2018 Virginia Water Quality Assessment Integrated Report
We are continuing our fight to force the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to fulfill its duty to identify the North Fork, South…
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Potomac Riverkeeper Network and Shenandoah Riverkeeper Comments on DEQ Draft Water Quality Assessment Guidance Manual
Read the comments on behalf of Potomac Riverkeeper Network and Shenandoah Riverkeeper (“Commenters”) regarding the above-referenced Guidance Manual. Commenters appreciate the opportunity to provide our…
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Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Mid-Term Report: More Work Needs to Be Done
The Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Mid-Term Report came out on July 27 — lots of scientific jargon, but the…
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Potomac Riverkeeper Network Calls for Changes to Maryland’s New Pollution Trading Regulations
On December 8, 2017 the Maryland Department of Environment’s (MDE) published its proposed Water Quality Trading Program regulations which would establish rules for creating…
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An Unsteady Balance for Virginia’s Farms and Clean Water
Millions of livestock animals are raised in the Shenandoah Valley, a region that by most standards is the breadbasket of Virginia. Agriculture has intensified…
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Shenandoah Riverkeeper Files Lawsuit Over Algae in the Shenandoah
We’ve been dealing with excessive algae blooms throughout the river ever since a massive fish kill occurred in 2005. That event spawned
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EPA Fails to Protect the Shenandoah River
Local groups challenge EPA’s approval of Virginia’s decision to not list the Shenandoah as ‘impaired,’ despite excessive algae blooms and nutrient pollution [caption id=”attachment_3403″ align=”alignright”…
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Keeping Cattle Out of the River is Healthier for the Cattle – and the River
Cattle trample vegetation and destroy a stream bank as they walk down the bank to…
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Shenandoah Riverkeeper Halts Nutrient Trading at the Massanutten Sewage Treatment Plant
The Shenandoah Riverkeeper scored a major victory in protecting the Shenandoah watershed by compelling the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to dramatically improve…
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New Report on Livestock and Poultry Pollution Issues in the Shenandoah
On April 26, 2017, Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) came out with
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